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$24M expansion planned at Valley Southwoods ninth grade school

A 29,000-square-foot addition is planned at West Des Moines’ Valley Southwoods School. The addition will house career and technical education programming, including culinary arts. The $24 million project is expected to be completed by August …

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Tippie’s business analytics program receives UPS George D. Smith Prize

The Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa has been honored as one of the top colleges in the world for preparing students for careers in the fast-growing field of business analytics. Tippie’s Department …

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Partnership Fellowship offers professional development, community engagement

As the application period for the third cohort of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Fellowship Program prepares to open, participants of the second and current cohort are touting the program’s benefits, saying it is helping …

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Iowa school districts may continue mask mandates after judge’s preliminary injunction

Des Moines Register: Iowa school districts can continue requiring facial coverings in the classroom for the near future after a federal judge today granted a preliminary injunction against a state law banning school mask mandates. A …

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Palmer Group seeks responses for annual salary guide

Palmer Group is gathering data for its upcoming 2022 Salary Guide and would like Greater Des Moines employers to participate. The company conducts the survey annually in collaboration with the Greater Des Moines Partnership. Individual …

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University of Iowa will pay $400,000 in Title IX athletics settlement

Cedar Rapids Gazette: As part of the University of Iowa’s deal to settle a lawsuit accusing it of federal gender equity violations, the institution has agreed to pay “reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs” of nearly $400,000 …

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UNI professor removed for mandating masks is reinstated for virtual instruction

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Heeding mounting pressure not just from directly affected students but also from the larger student body and others, the University of Northern Iowa late Wednesday revised its discipline of an embattled professor who …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Why there’s a school bus driver shortage

We’ve all seen the banner signs hung off the side of a parked school bus advertising that a district is hiring drivers. The request for drivers doesn’t just occur before the start of a school …

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Derry named chair of DMACC paralegal program

Karin Derry of Johnston has been selected as the new chair of the DMACC Paralegal Program located at the Urban Campus in Des Moines. With a background in human resources management, Derry also has a law …

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ISU dedicates new Student Innovation Center

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen and Gov. Kim Reynolds were among those on hand last week to celebrate the opening of ISU’s new Student Innovation Center. Photo provided by ISU

Iowa State University celebrated the …